Globetrotter Style Touts Fair Trade Totes for Earth Day

Just because Earth Day has passed, that doesn’t mean you can’t continue to keep the idea of Earth Day in your mind. Get fabulous and indulge your globetrotter fantasy while supporting fair trade products such as these fair trade handbags and fair trade totes. Fair trade products help third world artisans to make a living wage while they create one of a kind designs using traditional techniques. The colors, fabrics, and details often inspire the likes of the cool Parisian label “Maje” by Judith Milgrom.

From top left clockwise:Color Splash Sari BagRecycled Sari Sling Tote – Made from recycled sari patches these bags are made by an artisan co-op in Northern India. $32.00

Bird Handbags One Night Stand fabric bag, $955 at Net-a-Porter

Taraluna Silk and Hemp Net Bag – A Recycled Sari Silk and Hemp bag designed and created in a Fair Trade co-op in Nepal and pays a fair wage to mostly female workers. $18.

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maggie

very stylish

suziQ

Always great to buy stuff that truly helps and isn’t just more garish bling.

janie

I so appreciate seeing this wonderful iteme! I have ordered several for my friends. Thanks for making theses worthwhile site available to us. The hand work is lovely and the $$ help women throughout the world.

loozegear

these are absolutely beautiful and so original too!!

Couture

this post is wow! i like the idea of recycled stuffs. and this bag is no exception! i like it. it’s ethnic-inspired and it’s cool!

i like the sari sling tote. i can wear it definitely when i’m at the beach. it’s really culture-inspired but at the same time grabbing some sense of conservation. it’s really good to help. and i want to help by purchasing one! thanks.

i’m touched by this article. the people who made this bags are artistic. i’d like to have some because it’s very important for us to help each other. the third-world countries are trying very hard to conquer poverty, and this time those people who earn more money must realize that there’s this kind of situation.

hi. the bags are unique! and it’s made of hard materials so it won’t easily be detached. i admire the natives for coming up with this bags. when i’m holding one, i’ll definitely feel relieved that even in my own simple way, i reached out and helped them. it’s really touching.

i want to thank you for posting this. it’d be a great help to those artisans. it’ll also be an opportunity for the people around the world to make a difference, and this is by taking into consideration the situation of those people who made this bags. i’d like to purchase this bags because it’s made of the hardships and dreams of this people, that in the future they’ll be prosperous.

it’s a very good cause. we can feel proud of ourselves because even once, we touched someone’s lives by owning this fair trade products. it helps us look to a wider world, the culture, tradition and etc. the bags are really nice!

i also like the Maje Jelica beaded bag. it’s really cute and colorful. i see that it has strings in it. maybe i can put it out to make it as a clutch for night parties? i’m really proud of this hand-made native bags!

wow! as in WOW. i also love native designs! it’s unique, stylish and it exposes different culture. ethnic designs are the origin of everything, right? so cheers to this bags! they open again the free market of ethnic-inspired products!